Writers on Writing: Judy Grahn

Monday, February 26, 2018, 7:00 pm to 9:45 pm

Judy Grahn reads from her work and discusses her ongoing contributions as a feminist thinker, activist and literary artist. Her latest collection of poetry, Hanging on Our Own Bones, collects more than 40 years of her signature nine-part poems, including "A Woman is talking to Death," often referred to as one of the most important poems of the 20th century. Free.

Judy Grahn

Grahn has been at the forefront of gay and lesbian activism and women’s spirituality movements since the 1960s. Her works have been a rallying cry for women’s movements since before she was ever published, going viral before the internet even existed. She serves as a research faculty member for the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto.

She is former director of the women’s spirituality and creative inquiry graduate programs at New College of California. Other books include love belongs to those who do the feeling (Red Hen Press, 2008); Blood, Bread and Roses (Beacon Press, 1994); and Edward the Dyke and Other Poems (The Women’s Press Collective, 1971).

Writers on Writing

The Creative Writing Department opens its Writers on Writing course to the public this spring. Taught by Dodie Bellamy, the course features faculty and visiting writers reading from their works and discussing their creative process.